Camellia ate her meal while fiddling with her phone and unconscious of time. After some minutes, she finished her meal and was taking the plate to the kitchen when she suddenly pulled to a halt at her eyes saw the clock which was hanging above the television.
"Shit!" she cursed and rushed to drop the plate.
She hurriedly went back to the room and got dressed for work. She is a selective type of person but time was not on her side so she wore the first dress she got her hands on and a pair of sneakers to match. She rushed out of the house, her hands shaking as she hastily tried to lock the door. She ran as fast as her legs could carry her to the bus station and boarded a bus to work.
Luckily for her, she met Freida at the entrance, just opening the restaurant.
"Good morning" she said as she hugged Frieda who was looking at her with face full of questions.
"What's wrong? You looked like you've been chased" Frieda asked after they both got to the counter.
"I woke up late, I thought I was late for work so I had to run"
Frieda laughed, "Well, it's good to exercise. Let's get ready for work"
Camellia changed into her uniform, got a small piece of rag and cleaned the chairs and tables. Before she was done cleaning, Frieda already made the meals and went to the entrance to change the 'Closed' tag to 'Open'.
Camellia went back to counter, took a glance at her phone as she remembered how Kendra reacted to her, she picked her phone to call her but didn't call her after a rethink.
"She'll come around and understand me one day"
A tall lanky young man entered the restaurant with a briefcase. Frieda quickly approached him.
"He's one of our VIPs" Frieda whispered to Camellia before going to meet him.
"You're welcome, Mr. Gavin."
He took his seat at his usual spot, smiling at the young lady, "Please, do away with the formalities. I'll like to have me usual"
But before Freida could reply, Camellia butted in.
"And what is that, sir? I'm new here but I'd like to be the one to serve you" she said twisting and throwing her body against Gavin.
Gavin looked at Freida, "Who's she?"
"I'm sorry! She's the new waitress, she started work yesterday"
"Okay! Tell her my usual and I want it fast, I have a meeting in a bit"
"Sure, sir!"
Frieda gave a fake smile and dragged Camellia back to the counter, enraged, "What was the meaning of that? I told you he's a VIP and you almost ruined that"
"What do you mean? Are you going to prepare his order or argue about what isn't necessary?"
Frieda rolled her eyes and began to make Gavin's order while Camellia stocked besides her, carefully observing every recipe as she made the meal, after some minutes, she was done and dished it in a silver plate and golden tray.
"Here you go, take it to him and make sure to be humble and smile"
Camellia took the tray from Frieda and went to Gavin's table, swinging her ting waist. She gently placed the tray on the table and served him some juice.
"What's your name?" Gavin asked as he took the first bite.
Camellia hesitated, blushing at the question.
Gavin looked up at her as he took the second bite, "Any problem?"
"Camellia, that's my name"
"Nice name"
He took a few more bites and stood up to leave but Camellia stopped him.
"You have to pay, sir"
Gavin looked back, smiled and called out at Freida.
"Freida! Frieda!!"
"What's the problem, Mr. Gavin?"
"Your waitress here is harassing me and I want her to be fired instantly"
"What?" Camellia spilled, shocked.
"I'm sorry about that, Mr. Gavin but I don't think firing her is the best thing to do. Why don't you give her another chance?" Frieda asked, pleading with her white pale eyes.
"Fine! One more chance"
He left and Frieda sighed, relived and went back to the counter.
"I'm sorry about that, I was only asking about his payment" she said as she got back to the counter.
"It's fine, just be careful"
Kendra and Elena closed early from work and decided to go to a bar for a drink, they both boarded a bus to a bar. The bar was a big one, different shades and colors of light flashed through the entrance. Four hefty men stood in front of the entrance, all dressed in black suits and a black glass.
"You sure you wanna do this?" Elena leaning against Kendra, frightened by the guys appearance.
"Sure, there's nothing to be scared of"
Kendra took her by the hand and they both went to the entrance, one of the guys stopped them.
"Do you have a reservation here?" his deep scary voice which sounded like a speaker came.
"No....... "
Someone cut in before Kendra could finish her sentence. The guy wrapped his hand around Kendra's waist and pulled her close to him, Kendra looked up at the person, it was the lodger.
"She's with me"
The bouncer paved way for us but I halted.
"What's wrong?" he asked, looking back, confused.
"We came together"
"Oh! You both can come in then"
They all went into the bar. Loud music and flashy lights welcomed them, the bar was a small one but was filled with a lot of people,. Some were drinking, dancing and some stripers were performing at the extreme end of the bar, Kendra bent over and Gavin bent over to know what the matter is.
"What's wrong?" Elena asked as she all bent over.
"The lights are too flashy and it's making me feel dizzy"
"But I asked if you wanted to do this. Let's go home now" Elena said.
"No!" Kendra stood up and continued.
"I came here to have fun and forget about my problems and I won't leave here without achieving that. Let's do this"
"Okay, ladies. I have to run along now but don't forget this makes it three, don't lose count" his face went to its usual cold state as he talked and left.
Kendra sprinted to the bar tender, it was a he.
"A glass of your strongest wine, please"
"What? Kendra, you sure aren't doing this" Elena tried to dragged her out of the club but Kendra was too strong for her to pull while the young male bartender passed the glass of wine on the table for Kendra.
Kendra broke free from Elena's grip and stared into her eye.
"You don't know how it feel to lose someone. You don't know how it feel to lose a friend, someone you talk to, do you?"
She turned back to the bartender, obviously not expecting a reply from the mute Elena and gulped down the glass content with her eyes shut tightly as her body shudder to the taste of the wine.
Elena huff and decided to enjoy herself and forget about her problems too. She joined Kendra in drinking as they utter gibberish and laughed out loud.
"I want to use the restroom" Kendra said and turned to leave but retract her steps back with a weird grin on her drunk face.
"Can't leave without my baby"
She raised the bottle of wine up and Elena replied with a loud chuckle and motioned at her to leave.
*
"It's nice doing business with you, Mr. Gavin" a gentle looking man said, his hand spread out for a shake.
"The pleasure is mine, Mr. Jace" he shook his hand but a voice interrupted the peaceful meeting.
A lady clearly drunk, with a bottle of wine and a small bag hanging around her shoulder stood with her legs spread out, "Hey........ You! What are you..... doing here? In a lady's restroom?"
Mr. Jace was shocked to his bone marrows but before he could say anything, Mr. Gavin motioned him to be calm, "I'll take care of this. It's nice doing business with you once again"
Mr. Jace left the lounge, looking at Kendra, disgusted. Gavin moved closer to her and tried to help her seat but she struggled him him and began to scream.
"Rape! Rape!! Help"